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Ringfort - rath

Boherroe, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Boherroe, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Boherroe
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.54871, -8.39987
SMR number
LI024-032----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In improved pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope, 135m NW of a townland boundary with Ballynagally. Depicted as a circular shaped enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map with laneway leading off E side of earthwork leading to a farmyard. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped platform (41m N-S; 39m E-W) bisected by a farm trackway running E-W. Described by O’Dwyer (1959-60, 112) as a platform (diam. 126ft/38.4m; H 4ft/1.2m) enclosed by a well preserved, almost continuous bank, and a ditch (Wth11ft/3.4m), which is missing for a short distance at W. The ringfort is known locally as Caherconreefy and is crossed by a farm track.
Caherconreefy ringfort surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as no surface remains visible. Area bisected by a farm trackway running E-W, with portion of monument to N in pasture and remainder to S in farmyard. According to local information this ringfort was levelled approx. 40 years ago. Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.

See attached a profile of monument drawn by O’Dwyer in 1959 and a Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 28 September 2020

References

O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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